BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE leg 
fin touS' and"" ^""^"^ I* -"^--d 
filth Th! ^' "^^^ consequently almost choked with 
filthy The young were speciaUy interesting on account 
of their being .n different stages of development Three 
hJf: r'^^^l-- nest, two rath" "han 
half feathered, and the last two had but a few quills on 
their wmgs As I have never seen any mention If l iar 
ZT r^>''°'^' ' " of note "* 
fronT tr*"^ * 'P^'^'^' ^'^^^ Probably benefits much 
from the imposition of the Gun Tax and the Wild Zds 
THE ROLLER. Coracias garrulus, Linn^us. 
Has occurred twice. 
Scotland, the specimen which served Mr. Selby for his 
Skrirw' "'^'^'.^ ' ^^'^ °f anotherVe: men 
taken m Dumfnesshu-e, and a third, now in our collection 
we received from the southern pa,; of Shetland I is 
proceeded to caU the attention of the Society to . 
rtLlMr" -e bird, the RollerVoraciai 
nine or T!uTu f' ' 'u ^^'^ specimens (about 
^""^^ ''^^^ ^««n in this country 
Known b rd havmg been observed near Bankhead (Tinwaldl • 
aecayed. -VVien he sent for its remains he only got some 
feathers of the wings and tail, which he now^fhitoed 
* Dumfries Courier and Herald, April 6th, 1907 
t Nat. Ub., 1839, Vol. XL, p. 387. 
